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(No Model.)

T. COLEMAN.

SOFA BEDSTEAD.

No. 283,210. Patented Aug. 14, 1888.

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f UNITED STATES THEODORE COLEMAN,

PAT NT OFFICE.

OF new YORK, n. Y.

SOFA-BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,210, dated August 14, 1883.

' Application filed January 16,1883. No model.).

1 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE COLEMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State .of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in sofaBedsteads, of which the following is a specification. S

This-invention relates to that class of sofabedsteads in which the seat-frame is arranged to be lifted off the main frame and deposited on the floor without turning; and it consists in the novel means hereinafter described for connecting the seat-frame to the main frame.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View, showing the seat-frame lifted off the main frame. Fig. 2 is avertical cross-section when the seat-frame is adjusted upon the main frame.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. The letter A designates the main or sofa frame, .andB the seat-frame, which may be pro-' vided with head-pieces, as usual. Upon the bottom of the seat-frame A is fitted a mattress, which is divided longitudinally into two sec- V tions, 0 C, which are connected together by hinges 0 in such a mannerthat the section G is. adapted to be folded upon the section 0, the latter being fixed to the main frame next to the back D. The seatframe .13 is connected on the inner edge with the folding section Oof the mattress by hinges s, which areso arranged that when the seat-frame is placed in position on the main frame the folding section 0 is thereby swung over upon the, fixed section 0, as shown in Fig. 2, while, when the seat-frame is lifted off the main frame and de posited 011 the floor, the folding section is brought to the position shown in Fig. 1, flush with the fixed section 0 and the top of the seat-frame. Said folding section thus produces the proper connection between the seat-frame and main frame, and at the same time forms a part of the bed which is obtained when the seat-frame is lifted off the main frame. Both sections GIG of the mattress are provided with a suitable filling, and beneath the same 'on the main frame are arranged springs f to co-operat therewith. The se'at-frame, more over, is upholstered in any usual or suitable manner to produce the appearance of a sofa or lounge when it is adjusted on themain frame.

What I claim as new, an d desire to secure by v Letters Patent, is

The combination, substantially as hereinbefore described, of the main frame, the seat" frame, and the mattress divided longitudinally into two sections, one of which is fixed to the main frame and the other hinged to both said fixed section and the seat-frame, for the pun pose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in thepresence of two subscrib- .ing witnesses.

THEODORE COLEMAN.

XVit-nesses:

HERMAN DANKWER'IS,

CHAS. WAHLERS. 

